title: Response to the letter to the editor regarding the manuscript entitled "positron emission tomography with [(18)F]-3'-deoxy-3'fluorothymidine (FLT) as a predictor of outcome in patients with locally advanced resectable rectal cancer: a pilot study".
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 South Kingshighway Blvd., , PO Box 8223, , Saint Louis, MO, 63105, USA, dehdashtif@mir.wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Farrokh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dehdashti
authors.forename: Perry W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Grigsby
authors.forename: Barry A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D015224:Dideoxynucleosides; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D015224:Dideoxynucleosides